The son of noted violinist and conductor Gaston Poulet, Gérard Poulet entered the Paris Conservatory at the age of 11, where he graduated at the top of his class the next year. At the age of 18, he was awarded the Grand Prize at the International Violin Competition Premio Paganini of Genoa. He later studied with Yehudi Menuhin, Nathan Milstein, and Henryk Szeryng. Here he performs Fauré's Sonata No. 1, Op. 13; Sonata No. 2, Op. 103; Romance, Op. 28; Berceuse, Op. 16; and Andante, Op. 75. All are wonderful, but we're especially taken with the impassioned lyricism of the first sonata, with its intimacy and youthful exuberance.